Techstrong Gang
Techstrong Gang is your go-to weekday show on Techstrong TV and your favorite podcast platform, bringing together a rotating lineup of top thought leaders and technologists to break down the biggest stories and trends shaping the tech world. Hosted by industry veterans Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitchell Ashley, Jon Swartz, Lisa Martin, Tracy Ragan, Sulagna Saha, Anne Ahola Ward, Bonnie Schneider, and more, the show dives deep into everything from DevOps and cybersecurity to AI and cloud innovation. Tune in Monday through Friday for insightful discussions, expert analysis, and lively debates on the issues that matter most to today’s tech professionals.
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Wednesday Aug 27, 2025
Wednesday Aug 27, 2025
Alan, Mike, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella, Futurum president Dan O'Brien and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into a report that projects by 2029 the revenue value of the semiconductor market will exceed half a trillion dollars by 2029 before debating how the energy needed to achieve that level might actually be provided.
Then the gang discusses the state of the mainframe following a SHARE conference that Tech Field Day attended.
Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
In this episode of the Techstrong Gang, host Alan Shimel is joined by JP Morgenthal and Stephen Foskett to discuss the implications of the U.S. partnership with Intel, which includes a 10% government stake. The conversation raises concerns about government involvement in production and how it could reshape market competition.
The gang also dives into the state of the AI industry, examining whether we’re in an AI bubble, the challenges of profitability, and the risks of irrational exuberance. With subsidies masking the true costs of AI development and Cursor emerging as the only profitable player, the discussion highlights both the opportunities and the economic risks tied to AI’s rapid expansion.
Monday Aug 25, 2025
Monday Aug 25, 2025
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jack Poller and Dr. Stacy Thayer debate the DevSecOps significance of a software understanding being led by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) before diving into an effort to shift more responsibility for data privacy further left along with application security and compliance issues.
Then the gang delves into the way drones are being used to help reduce the volume of illegal immigration at the southern U.S. border
Friday Aug 22, 2025
Friday Aug 22, 2025
Alan, Mike, Jon, Ira Winkler, Fred Wilmot, Jack Poller and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for the Futurum Group dive into an emerging payola scandal roiling the CISO community before discussing the degree to which back doors into IT environments might ever be closed.
Then the gang debates the merits of a MIT report that finds 95% of internal artificial intelligence (AI) projects have failed.
Thursday Aug 21, 2025
Thursday Aug 21, 2025
Alan, Mike, Jon, Teri Robinson and Sanjeev Sharma dive into the implications of the latest financial lifeline being thrown to Intel by the U.S. government and Softbank.
Then the gang takes a look at how large language models (LLMs) and artificial intelligence (AI) agents are being used by red teams to simulate cyberattacks before discussing the amount of IT infrastructure that is being consumed by AI bots.
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
Alan, Mike. Mitch. Chis Blask, Kate Scarcella and Futurum president and COO Dan O'Brien discuss the degree to which CIOs are becoming more flexible and astute when it comes to deploying application workloads before debating the degree to which artificial intelligence (AI) agents might transform the fundamental economics of IT.
Then the gang turns its attention to how citizen and professional application developers might, hopefully, better collaborate in the age of AI.
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Alan, Mike, JP Morgenthal and Stephen Foskett, president for The Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into reports that suggest Apple is gearing up to make a major artificial intelligence (AI) push starting next year before delving into the implications of some recent licensing changes that Microsoft is making to its volume discount plan for software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.
Then the gang takes a look at data center location rates that have fallen yet again to an all-time low of 2.3% in the U.S.
Monday Aug 18, 2025
Monday Aug 18, 2025
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jack Poller and Wicky Wang dive into an application security report that finds more breaches than ever are being caused by vulnerabilities in code that organizations are allowing to be deployed despite the level of risk they represent to their end customers.
Then the gang takes a look at the impact the Cyber Reliance Act (CRA) being advanced by the European Union (EU) is likely to have on cybersecurity before discussing the implications of allowing 401K investment funds to invest in cryptocurrency and other risky investment vehicles
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Alan, Mike. Jon, Fred Wilmot and Ira Winkler dive into the cybersecurity implications of a meeting taking place in Alaska today between President Trump and Vladimir Putin.
Then the gang delves into the quality of the code being generated by artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools before discussing the viability of brain computer interface (BCI) projects.
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
Today on the gang, Garima, Jon, Mike and Mitch are joined by Futurum CEO, Daniel Newman, to announce Futurum Signal, the latest innovation to usher in a new era in the analyst/guidance industry. The gang then goes on to discuss Perplexity's $34b plus offer for Google Chrome, PR stunt or serious? And in a case of how quickly things change in the world of US politics and semis, the Intel CEO is now back in the good graces of the White House. Hmm, what could have made that happen? Another day at the Gang. Enjoy!